Minnesota Vikings' Allen and Robison key sack-happy attack

For once, the Vikings forced a team to play catch-up, Sunday's opponent being pass-first-ask-later Philadelphia, a combination that allowed defensive ends Jared Allen and Brian Robison to pin back their ears and attack.

Eagles quarterback Nick Foles was sacked four times in Minnesota's 48-30 victory at the Metrodome.

Like pigs in slop, Allen and Robison had all the fun. Each bagged a pair of sacks and unleashed dueling celebrations, Allen with his patented hogtie-lasso pantomime, countered by Robison's hook-and-reel routine.

"It's like my new signature dance," a proud Robison explained.

It debuted earlier this season at Dallas. With a five-game sack streak, Robison has been able to refine it.

"Fishing's become a big hobby of mine," he said. "I just love the fishing world. It's a little homage to them."

Allen and Robison are neck-and-neck in the sack derby with nine apiece.

It is a career high for Robison, whom the Vikings signed Oct. 9 to a four-year contract extension worth an average of about $6 million per season.

Allen, meanwhile, is one shy from posting his seventh consecutive season with double-digit sacks. In 10 seasons, Allen has failed to record at least 10 sacks only twice.

"I was hoping to get one more today," he said. "I was hoping they were going to try to go deep on the last drive, try to sneak one in. I want to get to 10, but I'm not going to go out of sorts to get it. I'm going to play my game. I'm going to take my matchups and try to win football games.

Eagles running back LeSean McCoy ran for 217 yards in last week's victory over Detroit in a snowstorm in Philadelphia. After falling behind 27-9 in the third quarter against the Vikings, the Eagles abandoned a meager rushing attack. McCoy had only eight carries for 38 yards.

"We knew we had to stop LeSean McCoy and get them into a one-dimensional offense where they had to sit back and throw the ball," Robison said. "Our offense did a good job of building a lead for us, and that's big when you're talking about rushing the quarterback. Once you get into those situations and you've got a lead and you're able to stop their run game, you can get after their quarterback."

The Vikings allowed 475 total yards, only 19 yards shy of their worst performance -- Nov. 24 at Green Bay. That game ended in a 26-26 tie after five quarters.

"We still allowed 30 points, which isn't what we want to do as a defense, but bottom line we got a win," Robison said. "We haven't stopped fighting all year. We've got two games left and we're not going to stop fighting. We've got to make this thing right."